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CVE-2018-20587
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-11T12:29:00.250 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:08.230

Summary

Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229 have Incorrect Access Control. Local users can exploit this to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port, and forwarding requests to the IPv6 localhost port.

Affected products

bitcoin — bitcoin_core

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References

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